02-26-2016, 11:02 AM
I'm planning on inserting my Pine64 in between my DSL modem and my EdgeRouter Lite (ERL) for something similar. While not directly related to parental controls my primary goal is to get the Security Onion up and running on the Pine64. From there I'll add in Squid which is a proxy and can perform blacklisting or whitelisting of websites. I'm also going to see about setting up a home certificate authority on one of my other computers, that way I can install a certificate on most of our home devices and perform SSL/TLS decryp to allow for those connections to be run through the IPS that is part of the security onion, only reason I won't install the cert on everything is as far as I know I can't add a cert to our smart TV's, Roku, and Amazon Firestick.. I'll be doing logging of network connections including 80/443. For most people what I'm planning on doing is overboard, but I've been doing IT security for close to 20 years and in the last couple of years it has gotten to the point where tools I use every day at work can be used at home for a reasonable cost.
I've already got my DSL modem running in bridge mode so the ERL really has the majority of the network control going out of my home. Linux does support this same setup, so I'll end up moving the authentication from the ERL to the Pine64. So with the Pine64 in bridge you should be able to run just about any software you want to monitor and/or control network activity going in or coming out.
I've already got my DSL modem running in bridge mode so the ERL really has the majority of the network control going out of my home. Linux does support this same setup, so I'll end up moving the authentication from the ERL to the Pine64. So with the Pine64 in bridge you should be able to run just about any software you want to monitor and/or control network activity going in or coming out.